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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News Now 20240604 13:27:00

A bad place to be stuck. everyone is very calm on board currently. so we are pretty good here. and what about the information we ve kind got so far? there s air traffic control, you know, digital systems, technical issues, we don t know much more than that. so i m actually a former air traffic controller and the outage is affecting both centres in the uk, so there s one at swanwick and one in prestwick in scotland. and it s actually the flight planning system. so each aircraft, for the controller to be able to handle it, they need to have the information about, you know, what is the flight number, where is it going? and all that is presented to them on their screen. now, if the flight planning system goes down, they have four hours worth of data stored but after that point they have to go manual, and as far as we can tell, they have now not been able to fix the failure from earlier this morning and they have gone manual, which is what s causing the delays. what is likely to happen now

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Verified Live 20240604 15:01:00

Knock on effects are substantial. and our other big story, prosecutors in spain have opened a preliminary investigation into spanish fa president luis rubiales kiss on the lips of playerjenni hermoso on grounds it could constitute a crime of sexual assault . the spanish football federation is also currently meeting now. we ll have more on this story in a moment. but first a technical issue has hit air traffic control systems across the uk. in the last half hour, britain s national air traffic service has released a statement with an update. it says that the issue affecting the flight planning system this morning has now been identified and remedied. and they are now working closely with airlines and airports to manage the flights affected as efficiently as possible. monday marks the close of a holiday weekend here in the uk, so it s usually a very busy day for flights. airports across the country are currently facing delays and cancellations. airports in edinburgh, manchester, birming

Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Daily Global 20240604 18:00:00

Britain s national air traffic service says it has fixed a technical issue which affected its flight planning system, but there is still some disruption. hello, i m yalda hakim welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start in spain where prosecutors say they have launched a sexual assault investigation into the spanish football federation president luis rubiales. in the meantime, the national football federation is holding an urgent meeting in response to the controversy. luis rubiales caused outrage when he kissed the footballer jenni hermoso on the lips, after the national team won the women s world cup. hermoso says she did not consent to the kiss.

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Verified Live 20240604 15:30:15

Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Context 20240604 19:01:00

Good evening. the last bank holiday of the summer is always one of the busiest travel days of the year. and not the moment for a technical issue at air traffic control. nats, the body that runs uk airspace, says it has now identified and remedied a fault that affected the flight planning system, but for a large part of the day, they were operating manually on a greatly reduced schedule. which means there is still an enormous backlog of flights grounded across europe, with long, long delays. more than 500 flights in and out of the uk were cancelled. it could be 2a hours before some passengers will finally get it could be 2a or 48 hours before some passengers will finally get to their destinations. let s bring in aviation expert doug maclean, who worked in air traffic control for almost a0 years. good to see you. sympathies for all those people stranded outside the uk to mate, or at uk airports. what